Marine biology Books
Woodslane Pty Ltd Wildlife of Australias Great Barrier Reef
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£15.29
Peter E. Randall Endangered Species: Chronicles of the Life of a
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£18.95
Simon & Schuster Fathoms: The World in the Whale
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£15.19
Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Empty Sea: The Future of the Blue Economy
Book SynopsisThe “Blue Economy” is used to describe all of the economic activities related to the sea, with a special emphasis on sustainability. Traditional activities such as fisheries, but also undersea mining, tourism, and scientific research are included, as well as the phenomenal growth of aquaculture during the past decade. All of these activities, and the irresistible prospect of another new frontier, has led to enthusiastic and, most likely, overenthusiastic assessments of the possibilities to exploit the sea to feed the world, provide low-cost energy, become a new source of minerals, and other future miracles. This book makes sense of these trends and of the future of the blue economy by following our remote ancestors who gradually discovered the sea and its resources, describing the so-called fisherman’s curse – or why fishermen have always been poor, explaining why humans tend to destroy the resources on which we depend, and assessing the realistic expectations for extracting resources from the sea. Although the sea is not so badly overexploited as the land, our demands on ecosystem services are already above the oceans’ sustainability limits. Some new ideas, including “fishing down” for untapped resources such as plankton, could lead to the collapse of the entire marine ecosystem. How Neanderthals crossed the sea in canoes, how it was possible for five men on a small boat to kill a giant whale, what kind of oil the virgins of the Gospel put into their lamps, how a professor of mathematics, Vito Volterra, discovered the “equations of fishing,” why it has become so easy to be stung by a jellyfish while swimming in the sea, and how to play “Moby Dick,” a simple board game that simulates the overexploitation of natural resources are just some of the questions that you will be able to answer after reading this engaging and insightful book about the rapidly expanding relationship between humanity and the sea. Table of ContentsChapter1: Introduction: If a jellyfish stings you, there is a reason.- Chapter2: Man and the sea.- Chapter3: The war against the sea.- Chapter4: Understanding overshoot.- Chapter5: The blue economy.- Chapter6: Conclusion: The horror that came to Sarnath.
£28.49
Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Empty Sea: The Future of the Blue Economy
Book SynopsisThe “Blue Economy” is used to describe all of the economic activities related to the sea, with a special emphasis on sustainability. Traditional activities such as fisheries, but also undersea mining, tourism, and scientific research are included, as well as the phenomenal growth of aquaculture during the past decade. All of these activities, and the irresistible prospect of another new frontier, has led to enthusiastic and, most likely, overenthusiastic assessments of the possibilities to exploit the sea to feed the world, provide low-cost energy, become a new source of minerals, and other future miracles. This book makes sense of these trends and of the future of the blue economy by following our remote ancestors who gradually discovered the sea and its resources, describing the so-called fisherman’s curse – or why fishermen have always been poor, explaining why humans tend to destroy the resources on which we depend, and assessing the realistic expectations for extracting resources from the sea. Although the sea is not so badly overexploited as the land, our demands on ecosystem services are already above the oceans’ sustainability limits. Some new ideas, including “fishing down” for untapped resources such as plankton, could lead to the collapse of the entire marine ecosystem. How Neanderthals crossed the sea in canoes, how it was possible for five men on a small boat to kill a giant whale, what kind of oil the virgins of the Gospel put into their lamps, how a professor of mathematics, Vito Volterra, discovered the “equations of fishing,” why it has become so easy to be stung by a jellyfish while swimming in the sea, and how to play “Moby Dick,” a simple board game that simulates the overexploitation of natural resources are just some of the questions that you will be able to answer after reading this engaging and insightful book about the rapidly expanding relationship between humanity and the sea. Table of ContentsChapter1: Introduction: If a jellyfish stings you, there is a reason.- Chapter2: Man and the sea.- Chapter3: The war against the sea.- Chapter4: Understanding overshoot.- Chapter5: The blue economy.- Chapter6: Conclusion: The horror that came to Sarnath.
£26.59
Springer International Publishing AG Global Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal
Book SynopsisHarmful algal blooms (HABs) - blooms that cause fish kills, contaminate seafood with toxins, or cause human or ecological health impacts and harm to local economies - are occurring more often, in more places and lasting longer than in past decades. This expansion is primarily the result of human activities, through increased nutrient inputs and various aspects of climate change.The Global Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (GEOHAB) programme promoted international collaboration to understand HAB population dynamics in various oceanographic regimes and to improve the prediction of HABs.This volume introduces readers to the overarching framework of the GEOHAB programme, factors contributing to the global expansion of harmful algal blooms, the complexities of HABs in different habitats, and the forward-looking issues to be tackled by the next generation of GEOHAB, GlobalHAB. The programme brought together an international team of contributing scientists and ecosystem managers, and its outcomes will greatly benefit the international research community.Table of Contents
£179.99
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Mikroplastik in der aquatischen Umwelt: Quellen,
Book SynopsisMikroplastik ist derzeit ein allgegenwärtiges Thema in den Medien und wird daher auch in der Bevölkerung als umweltrelevante Problematik wahrgenommen. Da jedoch viel Halbwissen zur Meinungsbildung beiträgt, bereitet dieses essential den aktuellen Forschungstand auf und stellt ihn allgemein verständlich dar. Angefangen bei den Grundlagen der Mikroplastikdefinition und den derzeit bekannten Quellen über bisher nachgewiesene Konzentrationen in der aquatischen Umwelt bis hin zu den Senken wird der Weg des Mikroplastiks durch die Gewässer dieser Erde beschrieben. Abschließend wird auf die Umweltrisiken, die Mikroplastik für die Ökosysteme, die aquatischen Organismen und den Menschen birgt, eingegangen. Dabei werden viele Wissenslücken aufgezeigt, die zukünftig geschlossen werden müssen und die innerhalb der üblicherweise kurzen Beiträge in Massenmedien so nicht präsentiert werden.Die Autorin: Kryss Waldschläger hat Bauingenieurwesen studiert und arbeitet derzeit als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Wasserbau und Wasserwirtschaft der RWTH Aachen University. Dort untersucht sie im Rahmen ihrer Promotion das Transportverhalten von Mikroplastik in Fließgewässern. Table of ContentsQuellen und Eintragspfade von Mikroplastik.- Mikroplastik in der aquatischen Umwelt.- Senken von Mikroplastik.- Risiken von Mikroplastik in der Umwelt.
£9.99
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Armleuchteralgen: Die Characeen Deutschlands
Book SynopsisDieses Buch beschreibt umfassend die Armleuchtergewächse Deutschlands. Von der Paläontologie bis zum Naturschutz ist alles in diesem Band enthalten: Bestimmungsschlüssel, Artkapitel, Fundortübersicht , Bioindikation, Systematik und Ontogenese. Alle Kapitel sind von Spezialisten des jeweiligen Gebietes verfasst.Trade Review“... Als Nachschlagewerk für Laien und Profis ist es jedoch unverzichtbar, ein Standardwerk. Es gibt meines Wissens nach kein vergleichbares, derart umfassendes und in die Tiefe gehendes, aktuelles Werk über Characeen in Europa.” (Michael Hohla, in: Neilreichia, Heft 8, 2016)Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Kurze Geschichte der Characeenkunde in Deutschland.- Systematik der Charophyceae.- Ursprung und Evolution der Charophyten.- Nomenklatur.- Individualentwicklung der Characeen.- Ökologie der Characeen.- Bioindikation mit Characeen.- Die Armleuchteralgen-Gesellschaften Deutschlands.- Gefährdung und Schutz von Characeen.- Bestimmungsschlüssel.- Beschreibung der Characeen-Arten Deutschlands.- Vorkommen fossiler Charophyten in Deutschland.- Anhang.
£85.49
Kalpaz Publications Marine Ecosystems
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£29.99
Knowledge World International Marine Environment: Management and People's
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£29.62
Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab Scientific Plant Names Derived from the Surname
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£25.64
Terra Uitgeverij Planktonium: An Unseen World
Book Synopsis"The new book features a ton of never-before-seen photos that expose the sheer variety, wonder, and beauty of these organisms that inhabit all the waters around us." — Deeper Blue Planktonium is a photo project and a short film by Dutch photographer/cinematographer Jan van Ijken about the unseen world of living microscopic plankton. It is a voyage into a secret universe inhabited by alien-like creatures. These stunningly beautiful, extremely diverse, and numerous organisms are unknown to most of us because they are invisible to the naked eye. However, they are wandering beneath the surface in waters all around us and are of vital importance for all life on earth. Phytoplankton (small plant-like cells) produce half of all the oxygen on earth by photosynthesis, like plants and trees do on land. Zooplankton form the base of the food chain of aquatic life. Plankton also play an important part in the global carbon cycle. They are currently threatened by climate change, global warming and the acidification of the oceans. Jan van Ijken photographed the plankton through microscopes, revealing the beauty and delicate structures of these minute organisms in the finest detail.Trade Review"The new book features a ton of never-before-seen photos that expose the sheer variety, wonder, and beauty of these organisms that inhabit all the waters around us." - Deeper Blue
£45.00
Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Worldwide review of bottom fisheries in the high
Book SynopsisThis review is an update to the first worldwide review of bottom fisheries in the high seas, published in 2009 based on information from 2003 to 2006. It provides States and other interested parties with a summary of the current status of high seas bottom fisheries worldwide. High seas bottom fisheries contribute approximately 0.3 percent to global marine capture fisheries production. The updated global high seas catch from bottom fisheries was estimated at 226 000 tonnes in 2016, which is similar to the 250 000 tonnes previously estimated for 2006. The report highlights the considerable changes that have occurred in the monitoring and management of high seas deep-sea fisheries by Regional Fisheries Management Organizations or Arrangement (RFMOs), including relating to total allowable catches and impacts on target and bycatch species.
£56.25
Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Data collection systems and methodologies for the
Book SynopsisThis report examines case studies from Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland and other European countries, to identify good practices regarding data systems currently in use and recommend solutions for some of the challenges facing the management of bodies of inland water. Inland fisheries are important sources of ecosystem services contributing to human diets, health, well-being and the economy. The evaluation of their importance and value is one of the biggest challenges for its development. The report finds that the level and methods of inland fisheries data collection in Europe were highly variable. For example, some countries did not collect any data on recreational fishing, or only from specific areas, or recorded only the number of licenses sold.
£49.50
Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Fisheries Emergency Rapid Assessment Tool (FERAT)
Book SynopsisThe Fisheries Emergency Rapid Assessment Tool (FERAT) guides the assessment of fisheries after natural or technological disasters and during complex or protracted emergencies. It provides guidance in the form of decision trees, divided into six steps - ranging from beneficiaries assessment to impact monitoring - that should be followed in sequence.Natural or technological disasters and complex and protracted emergencies seriously affect fishing communities and the ecosystem they depend upon, with different impacts on men and women. In addition, disasters can cause threats to aquatic ecosystems, such as fish species habitats and biodiversity. In such contexts, the rapid restoration of fisheries after a disaster can help maintain their role in providing nutritious food and employment. In addition to providing guidance to field personnel and fisheries officers in carrying out assessments and making decisions about the procurement and delivery of fishing gear and equipment, the manual also offers guidance on monitoring these interventions.
£30.35
Amsterdam University Press Humans and Aquatic Animals in Early Modern
Book SynopsisThis book deals with peoples’ practices, perceptions, emotions and feelings towards aquatic animals, their ecosystems and nature on the early modern Atlantic coasts by addressing exploitation, use, fear, empathy, otherness, and indifference in the relationships established with aquatic environments and resources by Indigenous Peoples and Europeans. It focuses on large aquatic fauna, especially manatees (but also sharks, sea turtles, seals, and others) as they were hunted, consumed, venerated, conceptualised, and recorded by different societies across the early colonial Americas and West Africa. Through a cross-cultural approach drawing on concepts and analytical methods from marine environmental history, the blue humanities and animal studies, this book addresses more-than-human systems where ecologies, geographies, cosmogonies, and cultures are an entangled web of interdependencies.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Magnificent and mighty monsters of nature 1. The case of Matto, the manatee A Manatee in a Lake 2. Cosmogonies, aquatic deities, and water myths of origin (My) Mermaid of the Island 3. Aquatic monsters: From imaginary animals to sharks, caimans and sea lions 4. Beliefs about and practices in nature: From living creatures to resources and symbols Water Wor(l)ds 5. (Early) modern ‘naturecultures’: A co-constructed narrative of the world The Roundness of Earth and Time Index
£111.15
Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities Mollusca: Annotated List of Mediterranean Monuscs
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£45.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Marine Big Data
Book SynopsisAs the volume of marine big data has increased dramatically, one of the main concerns is how to fully exploit the value of such data in the development of marine economy and marine science and technology.The book covers data acquisition, feature classification, processing and applications of marine big data in evaluation and decision-making, using case studies such as storm surge and marine oil spill disaster.
£121.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Marine Ecosystem Dynamics Models: Construction,
Book SynopsisThis book presents the fundamental theories, methodologies and case studies of marine ecosystem modeling with a special focus on marine ecological dynamics that could provide scientists and researchers with a stabile and reliabile technical framework to study marine life and their developments.This book also clarifies the research objective and model classification methods of marine ecosystem dynamics research and analyzes the key marine ecological processes that affect modeling. The technical framework for improving the performance of modeling is also proposed, and the latest progress in research, as well as existing difficulties and challenges in end-to-end dynamics models are reviewed and analyzed. A dimensionality reduction theorem is established and derived for analyzing the stability of the solutions of a class of self-conserving marine ecosystem dynamic models. Also included in this work are several new types of marine ecosystem dynamics models constructed by modern computing methods — including artificial neural networks, cellular automata, and statistical dynamics — and case studies.This book is a suitable reference for professional and technical personnel, managers and graduate students specializing in the evolution mechanism, simulation, predication and regulation of marine ecosystems.
£112.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Field Guide To Giant Clams Of The Indo-pacific, A
Book SynopsisThis book introduces readers to the giant clam's biology, taxonomy and systematics, ecological and cultural significance, threats and challenges, and conservation solutions. The highlight of this book is the species identification guide containing descriptions of 12 known giant clam species accompanied by accurate hand-drawn shell illustrations and live photographs of specimens for comparison. Detailed information is summarised in a visual key on the distinctive features of the individual species, with notes on their ecology, geographic distribution, taxonomy and morphology. This book also includes other useful natural history information to spur the reader's interest in these magnificent animals.With the most comprehensive information presented concisely, this book allows readers to identify a particular giant clam readily and confidently, as well as the other species that it may easily be confused with, confirm that the species occurs in a specific area, and access general information on the biology and ecology of the species. It is a valuable resource for researchers, students, the SCUBA diving community, managers of marine resources, and the public.
£76.00
Tyndale House Publishers If the Ocean Has a Soul
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£16.14
Nova Science Publishers Inc Properties and Applications of Alginate
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£67.99
Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Maritime Wellbeing
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£163.19
Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Marine Biology. Volume 6
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£182.39
